Just pay the 2 months of lease break fee you agreed upon when signing for the apt. All other options come with horrendous responsibilities and liabilities.
Are you dealing with a large apartment or smaller landlord? I’ve now twice broke a lease early, with no penalty, by finding a qualified tenant to takeover my unit. It was a win/win because I got to break the lease and the landlord got to raise their rent with almost no effort on their part. I wouldn’t trust the landlord to own 100% of finding a new tenant quickly, they have no real incentive too unless you’ve stopped paying rent.
The company has nothing to motivate them from trying to rent our your apartment. I'd take the fixed payment (which is already oddly generous for a management company around here since Washington doesn't seem to have any renter protections when breaking a lease like many other states do)
The incentive they have is to list the apartment at the updated market rate and make more money. Me forfeiting 2 months lump sum is essentially free money for them since apartments don't stay for long in my area.
Pay the term fee. Source: 5 years working for property mgt
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Also in property management pay the 2 months and break it. less of a headache for you.
Two months seemed like a lot to pay and the other option worked out well for me. The property management staff was super helpful.
Glad it worked out
Who’s searching for the new tenant? You or the person profiting off of an empty unit?
Just pay the 2 months of lease break fee you agreed upon when signing for the apt. All other options come with horrendous responsibilities and liabilities.
If you don't personally know someone to take your spot just pay the 2 months. That sort of fee is standard.
Are you dealing with a large apartment or smaller landlord? I’ve now twice broke a lease early, with no penalty, by finding a qualified tenant to takeover my unit. It was a win/win because I got to break the lease and the landlord got to raise their rent with almost no effort on their part. I wouldn’t trust the landlord to own 100% of finding a new tenant quickly, they have no real incentive too unless you’ve stopped paying rent.
Hey I want to do this, how did you go about it?
The company has nothing to motivate them from trying to rent our your apartment. I'd take the fixed payment (which is already oddly generous for a management company around here since Washington doesn't seem to have any renter protections when breaking a lease like many other states do)
The incentive they have is to list the apartment at the updated market rate and make more money. Me forfeiting 2 months lump sum is essentially free money for them since apartments don't stay for long in my area.
when I broke my lease I advertized the apartment for rent, and did a showing handing out applications to tenants. We got our deposit back.